Appellate Court of Illinois, 1914

Devine v. Chicago City Railway Co.

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided October 7, 1914 · Baume

188 Ill. App. 558; 1914 Ill. App. LEXIS 566

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Presiding Justice Baume

delivered the opinion of the court.

4. Appeal and error, § 1802*—when reversal with finding of fact proper. On appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff in a suit for wrongful death, held it was the duty of the Appellate Court to reverse the judgment with a finding of fact, where there was no evidence to show that the decedent was in the exercise of due care for his own safety, or proof of any facts or circumstances from which due care on his part might he inferred.

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